Coconut Banana Green Smoothie
It always tickles our funny bone when people will drink green beer and other green beverages (or eat green food!) on St. Patty’s Day, but any other day of the year, it looks gross to them.
We can assure you, this is a very sweet and tasty smoothie! And no, you cannot taste the spinach.
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Serving Size: 1/2 the recipe | Calories: 179 | Previous Points: 3 | Points Plus: 5 | Total Fat: 4 gm | Saturated Fats: 2 gm | Trans Fats: 0 gm | Cholesterol: 0 mg | Sodium: 28 mg | Carbohydrates: 31 gm | Dietary Fiber: 5 gm | Sugars: 11 gm | Protein: 7 gm
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup quinoa, cooked
- 1 medium banana
- 1/4 cup unsweetened apple juice
- 1 tbsp. unsweetened, dehydrated coconut
- 3/4 cup organic soy milk (or milk of choice)
- 1 cup spinach, packed
- 1/2 inch slice fresh ginger
Directions
Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Recipe Notes:
Because of the coconut, this will not have a completely smooth texture.
This is actually pretty sweet due to the apple juice. So if you are sensitive to sweets, start off without the apple juice, and just add 1 tbsp. at a time until you reach your desired sweetness.
If you've never cooked quinoa before, here's how it's done:
Thoroughly rinse the dry grain. In a medium saucepan, combine 1/2 cup quinoa with 1 cup water or broth. Bring to boil for 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Turn heat off and cover with lid for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork and serve. (Adjust liquid level as per desired consistency. Quinoa is ready when the grain appears translucent and white germ is clearly visible. For rice cooker, follow instructions for white rice.) ~Source: Connected by Nature Quinoa (Package)
NO SUGAR CHALLENGE STATS
This smoothie makes 2 servings. If you drink both servings, you will have reached your fruit limit for the day by No Sugar Challenge guidelines.
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I make "green drinks" every day! My favorite, easiest go to drink is:
1 cup water
1 cup greens (anything! Spinach, kale, mustard or collard greens, etc…)
1 cup strawberries
1 tsp cinnamon
Blend! Drink!
This is a mid morning or mid afternoon snack for me every day! I can whip it up in 3 minutes on my way out the door. I have a magic bullet, so that makes it even easier and more portable! I know I'm getting my greens when I chug this – plus I mostly taste the strawberries. Super yum!!
Missmoolyanne – Sounds wonderful! Thanks for sharing!
both of these sound like the would be good to try.
both of these sound like the would be good to try.
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